Machine for ironing collars.



J. T. SNELSON. MACHINE FOR mama ooLLAns. APPLIOATIAON FILED AUG. 1,1907.

921 ,906. Patented May 18, 1909.

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I y i A TTORNE Y5 J. T. SNELSON. MACHINE FOB. IRONING UOLLARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1907.

906. I Patented May 18, 1909..

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H p I I (Z attoznug o rmrrn s'rnir JOHN T. SNELSON, or ROCKY roan,COLORADO.

MACHINE FOR IRONING OOLLARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1909.

Application filed August 1, 1907. Serial No. 386,667.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. SNnLsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rocky Ford, in the county of Otero and State of Colorado,have invented a new and useful Machine for Ironing Collars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for ironing turn down collars, andhas especial 1 reference to machines which will fold the which willaccommodate collars of different thicknesses and of any size.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter apear the inven tion consists in certain nove features of constructionand arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportions, size and minor details of the struc ture may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure l is a side elevation of a collarironing machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 isa detail view of the drying tube. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the bearing20.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The machine is rovided with a suitable base that may e mounted on top ofa table or other support at any convenient height for the operator.Extending upward from the base are two standards 11 and 12 that supportall of the working parts of the machine. At the top of the standards arearranged bearings for the reception of a horizontally disposed shaft 15on which is mounted a loose ulley 16 that may be connected to the shafty a clutch 17 of any ordinaryconstruction. The shaft 15 is made in twosections that are connected together by a flexible section 18, and theforward end of the r shaft is inclined downward toward the front I ofthe machine and carries a conical folder 19 that is arranged to engagethe inner face of the collar, as more fully described hereinafter. Inthe standard 11 is pivoted a bearing 20, the bearing being mounted on apair of diametrically opposed screws 21, and this bearing forms abearing for one end of a shaft 22, which also has a bearing in aslidable block 23 located between its ends and arranged to movevertically in a slot formed in the lower portion of the standard 12. Thetwo shafts 15 and 22 are connectedtogether by a belt 24 running oversuitable pulleys on the shafts. Arranged at the extreme forward end ofthe shaft 22 is a smoothing iron 26 of circular form and provided with agroove 27 to receive the bend of the collars, this groove being directlyopposite the edge of the bending cone 19. Theiron is provided with anannu-' lar groove 28, against which a heating jet is directed from a gaspipe 29. The box 23 is pressed upward by means of a helical compressionspring 30, that tends to force the iron into contact with the cone, andmaintain sufficient pressure on the collar for the purpose desired. Atthe top of the box is a ball 32 engaged by an adjusting screw 33,

regulating the limit of upward movement of the iron. The stress of thespring may be regulated by a screw 35 that extends through a threadedopening in the base and engages the pivoted lever 36, one end of whichbears against the lower end of the spring 30.

At one side of the front portion of the machine is arranged a driercomprising an outer steam heated tube and an inner steam heated tube 41,the two tubes being separated from each other by an annular space intowhich the collars are directed from the machine. The outer casing is supported in any suitable manner, and the inner drum or hollow tube issupported by a spider 42. The outer tube 40 is open at one point topermit the entrance of collars and the wall of the tube is deflectedoutwardly in the form of a plate 43 to which is secured the upper edgeof a spring plate 44, this plate being designed to enter between thefront and back of the collar, the front fold of the collar beingdisposed between the spring and the plate 43, while the rear fold is onthe outer face of the spring, and is arranged to be engaged by a feedroller 45. The roller 45 is formed of or covered with rubber or otheryieldable mawhich may be turned for the purpose of terial and is mountedon a vertical shaft at the upper end of which is arranged a bevel gear46. This bevel gear intermeshes with a bevel gear 47 on a horizontallydisposed shaft 48 that is adapted to bearings formed in brackets 49carried by the frame of the machine. The shaft 48 has at one end a beltwheel 50 that is driven by a belt 51 from a pulley 52 on the shaft 15,and the pulleys and gears are so proportioned that the roller 45 willact as a feeder to draw the collars through themachine and force theminto the collar drying space between the tubes. After each collar isdelivered, it is forced down by a depressing ring 53 that is mounted ona suitable spring 54, that tends normally to hold it in elevatedposition. The ring has an operating handle 55 that extends out through aslot in the tube. V

In using the machine, the collars are introduced between the cone andthe iron, and are properly creased and bent, the cone en- 7 gaging theinside of the collar, while the iron smooths and finishes the collar atthe fold line. The collars are fed one by one into the drying tube, andafter the entrance of each collar the depressing ring 53 is pushed down,the collars being successively discharged from the bottom of the tubeperfectly dry and ready for wrapping.

I claim I 1. In a machine of the class described, a

horizontal shaft; a grooved iron on the outer end of said shaft; apivotal bearing in which the inner end of said shaft is mounted, aslotted bracket intermediate of the ends of said shaft, a bearing blockcarrying the shaft and arranged for vertical movement in said slottedbracket, an adjustable spring bearing against the under side of saidblock, an adjustable ball stop on the upper side of said block; and arevoluble collar folding cone, located at an angle to the grooved iron.

2. In a machine of the class described, a horizontal shaft; a groovediron on the outer end of said shaft; a ivotal bearing in which the innerend of sai shaft is mounted, a second bearing for said shaftintermediate of its ends, and consisting of a slotted bracket, avertically movable block in said bracket through which said shaftextends; a s ring bearing against one side of said block a ever withadjusting screw supporting said spring,

an adjusting screw on the opposite side of.

said block, and a revoluble cone located at an angle to said groovediron. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. SNELS ON.

Witnesses:

W. A. STUDEBAKER, FRED O. WOLF.

